How Does Federal Income Tax Progressivity Vary by Income Source?

Yu-Ting Chiang and Collin Eldridge
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Abstract: While the federal income tax system is progressive, the degree of progressivity depends on whether income comes from wages or from other sources.

Keywords: income taxes; wage taxation; investment taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-09-03
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